A Practical Tool to Create Economic Opportunity for Low-Income Communities

A Practical Tool to Create Economic Opportunity for Low-Income Communities

Private businesses and investors can create markets and accelerate growth for low-incomecommunities in emerging markets. In doing so, they benefit from estimates of poverty in thetargeted market segments they seek to serve. While national household...

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Main Authors: Burke, Laura, Ramanathan, Sharada, Rebolledo Dellepiane, Miguel Angel
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
POVERTY PROBABILITY INDEX
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
COFFEE TRADE
WATER SUPPLY
MICROFINANCE
DRINKING WATER
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/399481533318702107/A-practical-tool-to-create-economic-opportunity-for-low-income-communities
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spelling okr-10986-303822021-05-25T10:54:41Z A Practical Tool to Create Economic Opportunity for Low-Income Communities Burke, Laura Ramanathan, Sharada Rebolledo Dellepiane, Miguel Angel LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES POVERTY PROBABILITY INDEX POVERTY MEASUREMENT COFFEE TRADE WATER SUPPLY MICROFINANCE DRINKING WATER Private businesses and investors can create markets and accelerate growth for low-incomecommunities in emerging markets. In doing so, they benefit from estimates of poverty in thetargeted market segments they seek to serve. While national household surveys provide povertydata, they are often too costly and overly broad for the purposes of private enterprises. Use ofthe Poverty Probability Index can help businesses improve their estimates of poverty and therebybetter tailor their operations and strategies to specific populations. 2018-09-06T21:15:58Z 2018-09-06T21:15:58Z 2018-07 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/399481533318702107/A-practical-tool-to-create-economic-opportunity-for-low-income-communities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30382 English EMCompass,no. 56; CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
POVERTY PROBABILITY INDEX
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
COFFEE TRADE
WATER SUPPLY
MICROFINANCE
DRINKING WATER
spellingShingle LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
POVERTY PROBABILITY INDEX
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
COFFEE TRADE
WATER SUPPLY
MICROFINANCE
DRINKING WATER
Burke, Laura
Ramanathan, Sharada
Rebolledo Dellepiane, Miguel Angel
A Practical Tool to Create Economic Opportunity for Low-Income Communities
relation EMCompass,no. 56;
description Private businesses and investors can create markets and accelerate growth for low-incomecommunities in emerging markets. In doing so, they benefit from estimates of poverty in thetargeted market segments they seek to serve. While national household surveys provide povertydata, they are often too costly and overly broad for the purposes of private enterprises. Use ofthe Poverty Probability Index can help businesses improve their estimates of poverty and therebybetter tailor their operations and strategies to specific populations.
format Brief
author Burke, Laura
Ramanathan, Sharada
Rebolledo Dellepiane, Miguel Angel
author_facet Burke, Laura
Ramanathan, Sharada
Rebolledo Dellepiane, Miguel Angel
author_sort Burke, Laura
title A Practical Tool to Create Economic Opportunity for Low-Income Communities
title_short A Practical Tool to Create Economic Opportunity for Low-Income Communities
title_full A Practical Tool to Create Economic Opportunity for Low-Income Communities
title_fullStr A Practical Tool to Create Economic Opportunity for Low-Income Communities
title_full_unstemmed A Practical Tool to Create Economic Opportunity for Low-Income Communities
title_sort practical tool to create economic opportunity for low-income communities
publisher International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/399481533318702107/A-practical-tool-to-create-economic-opportunity-for-low-income-communities
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